Sulfuric Acid → 2-Hydroxy-4-methyl-3-nitropyridine

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2-Amino-4-methyl-3-nitropyridine (120 g, 0.78 mol) was suspended in water (1.6 L), a concentrated sulfuric acid (120 mL) was added dropwise, and the clear yellow solution was cooled to 0° C. in an ice bath. Sodium nitrite (98 g, 1.42 mol) dissolved in water (250 mL) was added slowly bellow the liquid surface of the reaction solution through a long stem funnel. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 h and was boiled up until no further emission of a brown gas was observed. The reaction solution was cooled, filtered, and dried to obtain the title compound (yield 91.6%).

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